J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of a Group of Buildings, with a Paling Fence: Lacy's Court, Bath Street, Abingdon c.1789

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of a Group of Buildings, with a Paling Fence: Lacy's Court, Bath Street, Abingdon’ c.1789
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 3 Recto:
Study of a Group of Buildings, with a Paling Fence: Lacy’s Court, Bath Street, Abingdon c.1789
D00013
Turner Bequest II 3
Pencil with a little brush and watercolour on white laid paper, 160 x 249 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘3’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘II 3’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The identification of the subject is due to Michael Liversidge. See also folio 4 recto (D00014). There are blue, red and grey colour trials at the lower left and right corners.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of a Group of Buildings, with a Paling Fence: Lacy’s Court, Bath Street, Abingdon c.1789 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-of-a-group-of-buildings-with-a-paling-fence-lacys-r1140165, accessed 18 May 2024.